“Care without candor creates dysfunctional relationships. Candor without care creates distant relationships.”
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John C. Maxwell
“As a leader, you should not be trying to carry everything yourself. To be successful, you must share the load. But you must have highly capable people to hand things off to.”
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John C. Maxwell
“Winning teams have players who put the good of the team ahead of themselves. They want to play in their area of strength, but they’re willing to do what it takes to take care of the team. They are willing to sacrifice their role for the greater goal.”
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John C. Maxwell
“Good things happen to a team when a player takes the place where he adds the most value. Great things happen when all the players on the team take the role that maximizes their strengths—their talent, skill, and experience.”
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John C. Maxwell
“In my first leadership position, I mistakenly thought that being named the leader meant that I was the leader. Back then I defined leading as a noun—as the position I was appointed to—not a verb—as what I was doing. Though I had been hired as the senior pastor, I quickly discovered the real leader of the church was a down-to-earth farmer named Claude, who had been earning his leadership influence through many positive actions over many years. He later explained it to me, saying, “John, all the letters”
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John C. Maxwell
“If you know something without having lived it, your audience experiences a credibility gap.”
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John C. Maxwell
“Starting a business is like jumping out of an airplane without a parachute. In mid air, the entrepreneur begins building a parachute and hopes it opens before hitting the ground.”
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John C. Maxwell
“La experiencia no garantiza la credibilidad, pero motiva a las personas a dar la oportunidad de probar que se es capaz.”
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John C. Maxwell
“People of integrity expect to be believed. They also know time will prove them right and are willing to wait.”
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John C. Maxwell
“If you haven’t yet discovered and developed your style, study other communicators.”
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John C. Maxwell
“It doesn’t matter what job you do or what position you obtain; you will have limits. That’s just the way life is.
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John C. Maxwell
“President Abraham Lincoln said, “Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man’s character, give him power.”
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John C. Maxwell
“Nothing of significance was ever achieved without people working together.”
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John C. Maxwell
“As long as you are hanging around amateurs, you will think like an amateur, and you will not improve your skills.”
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John C. Maxwell
